Mucopolysaccharidosis VI
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Mucopolysaccharidosis VI
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 E76.2
ICD-9 277.5
OMIM 253200
eMedicine ped/1373 
MeSH D009087

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (or Maroteaux-Lamy disease) is a form of mucopolysaccharidosis caused by a deficiency in arylsulfatase B (ARSB).[1]

Eponym

It is named for Pierre Maroteaux and Maurice Lamy.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Garrido E, Cormand B, Hopwood JJ, Chabás A, Grinberg D, Vilageliu L (July 2008). "Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome: functional characterization of pathogenic mutations and polymorphisms in the arylsulfatase B gene". Mol. Genet. Metab. 94 (3): 305–12. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.02.012. PMID 18406185. 
  2. ^ synd/1619 at Who Named It
  3. ^ MAROTEAUX P, LEVEQUE B, MARIE J, LAMY M (September 1963). "[A NEW DYSOSTOSIS WITH URINARY ELIMINATION OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE B.]" (in French). Presse Med 71: 1849–52. PMID 14091597. 
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Inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism - Lysosomal storage diseases - glycosaminoglycan metabolic pathology (E76, 277.5)
Mucopolysaccharidosis
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